Chapter 380: Blue Jade Returns!
Li Qi secretly wrote down the name of this person, intending to use him as a breakthrough to get a good understanding of the situation on the Jing Navy's side.
After the two finished eating, Wang Jianlin stacked the plates together very brightly, and then put them in the designated position.
Li Qi asked puzzled when he saw this.
"What's the rule?"
Wang Jianlin said with a smile.
"Cafeteria rules!"
"It's easier for them to clean up their plates, so they don't have to toss back and forth."
"Oh......"
Li Qi secretly slandered in his heart, this Jing Navy is really a ubiquitous rule.
Wang Jianlin sent Li Qi back to the duty room, Li Qi wanted to have a good chat with him, but unexpectedly, this guy was busier than him, the commander and the same knowledge.
"See Lin, find a place to have some tea and talk?"
"No, I still have to go to class, tomorrow morning......
"Class?"
"According to the rules of the Jing Navy, after everyone completes the training during the day, they must study for an hour at night."
"His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson has recruited a large number of gentlemen from the Imperial Prison to teach us to read and write."
Li Qi was stunned again when he heard this.
"Everybody learns?"
"Yes!"
"All!"
"And if the chief and the chief want to be promoted, it's not enough to be literate themselves, they have to test their subordinates. If their soldiers are not literate enough, they will not be promoted in their lives."
"This ......"
Li Qi was completely shocked by the "nonsense" of the imperial grandson, and it was just a matter of giving the soldiers such good food, and even teaching them to read and write?
If the Ming Dynasty's millions of guards are raised according to this standard, then the Ming Dynasty will have to go bankrupt!
In fact, not only Fu Youde thought so, but even Fu Youde, the commander of the Jing Navy, also expressed his incomprehension of Zhu Yunxi's request for all soldiers to read and write.
This kind of thing is completely wasteful in their eyes.
What is a soldier?
That is the cannon fodder on the battlefield, and it may be a few percent of the existence that will die as soon as it is seen.
It is not worth spending so much manpower and material resources to train a group of cannon fodder.
But Zhu Yunxi was very stubborn, no matter who persuaded him, it didn't work, and he still insisted on raising and training troops like this.
Over time, Fu Youde didn't bother to take care of him, he just ate and drank in the Jing Navy every day, and never interfered in the training and management of the army.
Li Qi was puzzled, but he never thought of admonishing.
As Fu Youde said, he had never been in the military camp of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know what the normal military camp was like, but he was more able to accept the rules of the Jing Navy.
Therefore, when Li Qi encountered something he didn't understand, he only thought that he didn't understand the military, and would only try to adapt himself. and will not doubt the reasonableness of this, let alone question it for no reason.
After more than ten days of familiarization, Li Qi gradually adapted to the rhythm of the Jing Navy.
Get up on time every day, go out with the guard battalion to exercise, eat, train, and study.
Life is regular, the mentality is also peaceful, and the old problems of headaches and insomnia that have been developed for many years have disappeared unconsciously.
When he stayed in the barracks for half a month, he returned to the princess's mansion and saw the princess's graceful figure, and he was a little excited!
How many years have this been?
Princess Lin'an saw her husband who had been "missing" for half a month, and her expression was instantly stunned.
The husband has lost weight, and he is more energetic!
The beard that has been ignored for half a month adds a bit of wild atmosphere to him.
"Lin'an!"
When Li Qi shouted this name, he only felt that his mouth was dry and hot, and his nose seemed to be able to breathe fire.
When Lin'an heard this call, his body couldn't help but tremble.
It's been years since this dead ghost has called himself so emotionally!
"What?"
Li Qi heard Lin'an's coquettish reproach, a few crosses
stepped forward and hugged Lin'an.
"What do you say?"
"Ah...... Well...... Not...... Oh...... Ah......h
After a storm of 500 words, the Qiangong Stepping Bed in the Princess's Mansion finally stopped shaking.
Lin'an lay in Li Qi's arms, beating her husband with a small fist.
"Dead ghosts!"
"Why did you go to the Jing Navy for a few days, and after you came back, you became so brave?"
Li Qi listened to his mother-in-law's praise and shook with laughter.
"I don't know!"
"It should be feng shui over there, hahaha!"
"If I knew there was such a place, this palace would have thrown you over......
"Lin'an, the imperial grandson has helped us a lot this time, we have to thank others!"
"Mm-hmm, it's all up to your ......."
The next day, as soon as Zhu Yunxi finished a small meeting in the Wenhua Palace, he heard Wang De running over and telling him that Princess Lin'an and his wife had given him three carts of gifts, all piled up in the courtyard of the prince's mansion.
Zhu Yunxi asked puzzled when he heard this.
"Why did these two people suddenly give themselves gifts?"
"I don't know!"
"But according to Xu Qianhu of Jinyiwei, the princess's mansion was very lively last night."
"What's the fun?"
When Wang De saw Zhu Yunxi ask like this, he blushed on the spot.
Now he can't wait to slap himself to death, why do you have nothing to do with the emperor's grandson!
"It's just that a lively ......."
"Your Highness, you are still young, don't ask......
"If you don't ask, don't ask!"
"Wait, is the Jinyi Guard also in the Princess's Mansion?"
"Your Highness, there is not only a princess in the princess's mansion, but also Li Qi!"
"This is a key person, how can Jin Yiwei not be watching?"
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately showed a sudden expression.
"After a while, Jiang Zhen and Xu Liuzi were called over to Lone, and Lone had a few things to tell them to do!"
"No!"
"Xu Qianhu is easy, just wait outside the Wenhua Palace."
"The slave called him over first, or did he let him come with Jiang Xuan?"
"Let's call it first!"
Not long after, Xu Liuzi ran into the main hall and hurriedly saluted Zhu Yunxi.
"Your Highness, are you a lowly officer?"
"Find a few capable subordinates to infiltrate the city, and keep an eye on the things in the city for Lone."
"The corresponding procedures will be made up to you later!"
"No!"
Zhu Yunxi chatted with Xu Liuzi about some details again, and Jiang Zhen also arrived after a while.
Jiang Xuan has been living a good life during this time, and since the last time he finished the military department for the imperial grandson, the imperial grandson has not summoned him again.
What made him even more uncertain was that the imperial grandson's careless handling of the military department made him wonder if his handling had gone too far, making the imperial grandson dissatisfied?
In fact, Zhu Yunxi was indeed a little dissatisfied, but it was not because of this matter that he was cold, but because he didn't want him to be too arrogant, so he hung him aside.
"Jiang Xuan!"
"Do you Jinyi Wei have any records about the merchants of the Nine Seas?"
"Yes!"
"The matter of the Nine Sea Merchants was collected as early as the twenty-second year of Hongwu, and now the dossier about them has been sorted out in more than a dozen volumes, I don't know what His Highness wants?"
"Let's move all here!"
"Then you will send some people from the brocade guards to infiltrate the business of the Nine Seas Merchants and monitor everything for me."
"The war between Lone and them is about to begin, and Lone must have a few more eyes!"
When Jiang Xuan heard this, he was so happy that he wanted to shout.
The imperial grandson finally remembered their brocade guards!
They are the dog of the brocade guard, and finally again
It's a good place!
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the lowly position will definitely keep an eye on them, and if they have any trouble, the lowly position will come to report to Your Highness as soon as possible!"
This is what Jiang Zhen is most happy about.
Because as long as he is in charge of this matter, he can often go in and out of the Wenhua Palace, and often show his face in front of the imperial grandson!
After Zhu Yunxi assigned the task, he no longer paid attention to this matter.
Anyway, the battle between him and the nine sea merchants in Jiangnan will not be able to fight for a while.
In other words, when his Jing Navy was completely formed, he couldn't fight if he wanted to.
However, once his Jing Navy was formed, the merchants of the Nine Great Seas in Jiangnan would be just a group of pigs.
After Zhu Yunxi sent Jiang Zhen away, he took the guards to the outside of the city.
Today he is going to welcome a very important person.
His own uncle, Master Lanyu!
In fact, Lan Yu should have returned to the dynasty a long time ago, but there were always sporadic invasions on the Warat side, which made the border unstable, so he delayed until now.
Even if it was a squad division, only a part of the squad came back, and most of the soldiers stayed on the front line and followed Chang Sheng to continue to defend the border.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites had already arrived before him, and the stage for the dance of the triumphant soldiers had already been set up in advance.
Now there are hundreds of dancing girls from the teaching department, and Yingying Yanyan is rehearsing on it.
Zhu Yunxi came to welcome the triumph of the army on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, so Lao Zhu specially lent his Huangluo umbrella cover and dragon bowl to his eldest grandson.
On the one hand, it is to fill the scene for the eldest grandson, and on the other hand, it is also to show the importance of Lan Yu.
As soon as Zhu Yunxi came to the city gate, waves of horses came to report how far the army was from the capital.
"Report!"
"General Blue Jade is ...... five miles away"
"Report!"
"General Sapphire is still a mile away......
"Report!"
"General Blue Jade ......"
Zhu Yunxi shook his head and said.
"No need to report, Lone has already seen my uncle's carriage!"
When the little soldier heard this, he immediately retreated, but Zhu Yunxi stepped on the war horse and galloped towards Lan Yu's carriage.
Lan Yu saw her nephew Sun running over, hurriedly jumped off the carriage, laughed and stepped forward to hug Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the thick gauze wrapped around Lan Yu's head, and his heart was nervous.
"Uncle, what's going on with your head?"
"Why didn't you mention it in the military newspaper?"
Lan Yu didn't care.
"Little things!"
"It's just that when I was pursuing, I was shot and wounded by a few *** hiding in the grass!"
"If it weren't for the help of the military doctor you sent over, maybe my uncle wouldn't have seen you again!"
Zhu Yunxi hugged Lan Yu tightly when he heard this.
"Uncle, you've worked hard!"
Lan Yu happily touched his nephew's little head and hammered him on the back again.
"It's not hard!"
"Let's just eat this bowl of rice, what's there to say bitterly."
"But your boy has grown taller and stronger."
"Come!"
"Let my uncle hug me and see if I can still hug you!"
When Lan Yu spoke, he reached out and hugged Zhu Yunxi, and turned around twice on the official road.
"It's heavy!"
"In two years, my uncle won't be able to hold you!"
Lan Yu put Zhu Yunxi on the ground, and Zhu Yunxi saw that on the carriage behind Lan Yu, there were many soldiers with missing arms and legs.
"Uncle, these people ......."
When Lan Yu heard his nephew ask like this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, and he looked at Lan He on the side and said.
"Lan He, you come and explain it to the imperial grandson!"
"No!"
"Back to His Royal Highness, these people all went out with their father-in-law
The Righteous Army."
"Because of the fierce fighting on the frontier, all of them were wounded, and more than half of them were physically disabled......
When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he was not happy on the spot.
"Uncle!"
"Didn't we say okay, these people are all left to me!"
"You have made them like this, what are you going to do with me in the future!"
Lan Yu was even more embarrassed when she heard this, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"Don't be angry with your nephew!"
"You don't understand, this soldier with less arms and legs is even more powerful!"
Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes when he heard this.
"Uncle, do you think I look like a fool?"
Lan Yu scratched her head in embarrassment.
"Come!"
"Come with me and I'll explain it to you!"
Zhu Yunxi followed Lan Yu into the carriage, and Lan Yu told him about the hardships of the war for more than a year.
After that great battle in the spring, they fought more than a dozen more battles with the Warat cavalry.
Although the scale of each time is not large, it can't stand the high frequency.
And Lan Yu still likes to take the lead when he fights, he has taken the lead in rushing, can his Yizi battalion not rush?
Over time, Lan Yu's thousands of Yizi battalions were beaten into the shape in front of them.
"Nephews, don't look at them missing arms and legs, but they are all veterans on the battlefield!"
"Even if they can't go to the battlefield, they can still be a mentor for you, and teach you recruits eggs or something."
"If you really dislike them, give each of them a sum of money, or give each of them a piece of land, and let them go......
Lan Yu's last sentence was full of gloomy meaning.
The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years.
When he returned, he was missing a leg, and he hated dogs.
When the two of them said this, the army also came to the city gate to accept the triumphal ceremony prepared by the Ministry of Rites.
When the surrounding people saw the pioneer battalion full of missing arms and legs, they immediately laughed one by one.
"This is General Lan's army, isn't it called the Flower Army, hahaha......
"Shhhh
"But this army is too miserable, not much stronger than the one who asks for food......
The official who presided over the triumphal ceremony saw that Lan Yu's elite was so embarrassed, although he didn't dare to laugh at the flat-headed people, but his face also showed disdain.
They are all officials of the imperial court, how can they not know the doorway here?
But when you go to the battlefield, you can't go without the wounded.
However, when the general returns to the court and accepts the triumphant ceremony of the imperial court, he will put his most powerful elite in front.
One is to serve as a façade for himself, and the other is to show mercy to the court.
When the people saw that the mighty army of the Ming Dynasty was so majestic, they would inevitably applaud and give the army a boost of prestige.
Lan Yu has fought for most of his life, and it is impossible not to understand this truth.
Now he has made such a play, that is, he clearly wants to embarrass the court!
The laughter around them, and the disdain of the officials, made the already frustrated soldier hang his head even lower.
Lan Yu naturally knew the truth of being face-saving, but he estimated that he might not have a chance to lead the troops in the future, so he didn't care about whose face he cared about.
Therefore, he deliberately did the opposite, just to let the people of the Ming Dynasty see that fighting a war was far from being as easy as they imagined.
What's more, Lan Yu didn't feel that there was anything to be ashamed of his subordinates.
They were missing arms and legs to defend the Ming Dynasty, and they deserve this glory.
Of course, Lan Yu also has a little bit of selfishness. That is, I want to win the pity of His Majesty and the court through the misery of these disabled veterans, and allocate more money to them.
This is the last thing he, as a manager, can do for them.
however
When he heard the laughter around him, Lan Yu's temper couldn't help it, and with a single fist, he hammered a big hole in the carriage.
Zhu Yunxi walked along the big hole in the carriage and saw the lively people on both sides, as well as the disdainful and frowning expressions of the officials, and the fire in his heart also rose.
He jumped out of the carriage on the spot and shouted at the dancers on stage.
"Don't jump!"
Officials from the Ministry of Rites hurriedly ran over to inquire.
"His Royal Highness, the triumphal ceremony of the imperial court has just begun, and it is suddenly stopped that it does not comply with the rules of the imperial court......
Zhu Yunxi took the horsewhip from the coachman's hand and whipped it at the official's note.
"Get out of your mother's court rules!"
"The rules of the court have been ruined by your group!"
"Someone's coming!"
"Pass on Gu's military order, limit the Jing Navy to rush here within half an hour to line up and welcome the triumph of the Northern Expeditionary Army!"
"No!"
When the officials of the Ministry of Rites heard this, their faces showed disdain again.
The camp of the Jing Navy is ten miles away from here, and when they are gathered and rush over, it is estimated that they will have finished lunch.
Although Lan Yu didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhu Yunxi's gourd, he also knew that his move must be to complain about himself and the thousands of disabled soldiers behind him.
"Forget it, nephew and grandson, don't toss, for many people, it is a blessing to come back alive, and there are many people who are buried in the yellow sand forever......
"Uncle, don't persuade me."
"Since the people in the Ministry of Rites can't handle the triumphal ceremony, let me arrange it myself!"